Councils set emergency procurement provisions
Federal acquisition councils today raised the micropurchase and simplified acquisition thresholds for agencies responding to or in defense of nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attack.<br>
Putnam drafting Clinger-Cohen amendment
Rep. Adam Putnam is working on a Clinger-Cohen Act amendment to add cybersecurity and enterprise architecture requirements.<br>
SmartBuy deal: volume discounts for guaranteed purchases
The first enterprise software agreement under the GSA SmartBuy program provides six agencies with deeper volume discounts and gives the vendor a guaranteed number of software licenses.<br>
On-the-fly systems pass first real test in Senate
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee press secretary Andrea Hofelich grabbed a handful of folders, her cell phone and her BlackBerry before hurrying out of her office in the Russell Senate Office Building.
OMB snaps purse closed for new IT
The Bush administration is pulling in the IT security reins on 18 agencies, requiring them to fix weaknesses in existing systems before developing new ones or upgrading old ones.
GSA signs first SmartBuy deal with ESRI
After struggling with the SmartBuy enterprise software licensing program for the past eight months, the General Services Administration last week finally signed the first agreement with geographic information systems vendor ESRI.<br>
Energy's Schlarman heads to OMB
The Office of Management and Budget has hired Glenn Schlarman as the new chief of the Information Policy Branch in the Office of Regulatory Affairs.<br>
Feds hand out money for law enforcement
The omnibus fiscal 2004 budget bill Congress passed last month offers these grants to state and local governments through the Office of Justice Programs:
GAO: Agencies lag on IT performance, investment management
Less than half of all agencies use IT strategic planning and performance measures and IT investment management practices to make all of their technology decisions, the General Accounting Office said yesterday in a new report.
Rep. Platts wants to make program assessments permanent
The chairman of the Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management plans legislation to require agencies to evaluate program performance on a regular basis.<br>
Data warehouse aids fraud cops
Each year, the Office of Personnel Management handles more than 310 million federal employee health insurance claims'not all of them legitimate.But for a team of auditors in OPM's Inspector General's Office, identifying bogus claims or administrative problems resulting in waste was'until recently'a tedious effort.
Citizens do trust some agencies with personal information
Citizens trust the Postal Service, Veterans Affairs Department and IRS to secure their personal information, according to a new survey.<br>
OMB begins last-round check of its architecture system
A new working group will decide if the Office of Management and Budget's online federal architecture system is ready for prime time.<br>
GovBenefits will use FirstGov's content management system
The Labor Department this summer will piggyback on the content management system of the General Services Administration's FirstGov portal for the government's GovBenefits site.<br>
Online extra: OMB looks to ordering fees to cover E-Gov Fund shortfall
The Office of Management and Budget is asking lawmakers to change the law that governs how the Federal Supply Service spends surplus revenue.
Online extra: Congress rebuffs E-Gov Fund, centralized hiring site in '04 spending
The $820 billion fiscal 2004 omnibus bill clears $328 billion in discretionary spending, including roughly $57 billion for IT.
Online extra: OMB makes IT security a priority
OMB expected to continue to push agencies to improve IT security
CIO Council, IAC hail projects
The CIO and the Industry Advisory councils yesterday gave the Excellence.Gov award for governance to five federal IT projects.<br>
OMB looks to the next cycle
The fiscal 2005 budget proposal had barely come off Government Printing Office presses before the administration's IT team was looking ahead to 2006.
OPM prepares to expand online learning
The Office of Personnel Management soon will release a request for proposals for online training services for its E-Learning project.
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